Cory I've Never Seen Before

[§tudz]

while cory hunting at my not-so-lfs today I saw some corys that I've not seen before.

I wanted to take my camera with me for some random reason but the GF said "NO!!" and what happens I see a fish I'm not sure what it is, and it doesn't say any where, then I forget to ask the staff lol.



ok a quick description: It looks similiar to a bronze, but its longer and more slender, it also has a gold/yellow line along its lateral line. They have a pale stomach and are slighty darker, almost towards a green tint, on the rest of the body.



I've not seen any of these before and I hadn't seen them in any of the books I have.



any ideas?

 

[babybell911]

I saw something like this at my lfs they called it an emerald green corydora or something similar. It has a irridescent green sheen in the right light

 

[Philtre]

Corydoras melanotaenia?
Give it a check to see if it's what you saw.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

I think what you saw was a brochis not a cory:

Brochis are catfish from South America closely related to the Corydoras. The Brochis splendens is one of the most commonly available of the species and was first described in 1855 by Castelnau. They come from the Amazon, Rio Ucayali, Rio Ambiyacu and tributaries. Most of their habitat consists of soft, acidic, slower-moving waters that contain a good amount of vegetation.

Brochis splendens, as all the Brochis, generally attain a larger size than their Corydoras cousins. This species can grow to 3 1/2". One of the other differences is that Brochis species have more rays in the dorsal fin than the Corydoras. The basic body shape is higher and more laterally compressed.

This particular species can be from an attractive emerald green to almost solid black, depending on its mood and surroundings. The snout is long, bringing to mind the long-nosed Corys, such as barbatus or seussi. The belly of the fish is white to pale orange and fins clear to mud-brown.

This comes from http/www.aquarticles.com/articles/breedi..._splendens.html

 

[The-Lion]

Sounds very simular to some cories i saw yesterday at Wholesale Tropicals they had green & orange striped variety & they do have them on their stock list as C Aeneus orange & green stripe respectivly

 

[§tudz]

Sounds very simular to some cories i saw yesterday at Wholesale Tropicals they had green & orange striped variety & they do have them on their stock list as C Aeneus orange & green stripe respectivly

no they are not brochis, I dont even need to look at the picture, I know what they look like. They aren't corydoras melanotaenia either, you both seem to have read 'green' and bronze like and gone with the most common cory type fish. I haven't seen anything like these before, most corys are either solid colours, speckled or have thick bands the travel from top to bottom. These had a gold line, which was about 2-3 time the thickness of the lateral line, running over the lateral line.

These were definatly cory's. I may have to ring the place and ask them.

thanks for the help so far, keep digging

 

[ulster exile]

anything like these?

 

[§tudz]

anything like these?

10points to kilultagh thats the fish

Thanks

 

[Inchworm]

Hi ?tudz

If they are indeed what we call orange lazers, get them while you can. They are kept the same as bronze and if they are in good health when you get them, are just as easy to keep. They are not commonly found and tend to be expensive compared to many of the other corys.

Of all my corys, people seeing my tanks comment on them the most!

They also come with green and white stripes:

 

[§tudz]

TOO late

I aint got any money or tiume to go back and get them or any room lol

 

[KathyM]

no they are not brochis, I dont even need to look at the picture, I know what they look like. They aren't corydoras melanotaenia either, you both seem to have read 'green' and bronze like and gone with the most common cory type fish.

Just to point out that melanotaenia aren't "bronze" cories, they're aeneus. They're not as common, and according to the link kilultagh posted, they're actually closer related to the ones you saw than aeneus are, so that guess wasn't far off.